Sunish Kumar Sehgal

Title

Associate Professor and Winter Wheat Breeder

Office Building

Young Brothers Seed Technology Laboratory

Office

113B

Mailing Address

Seed Technology Lab 113B
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science-Box 2108
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Social Media Links

• X #TeamWheatInnovation

Education

• B.S. in agriculture, honors plant breeding and seed technology
• M.S. in plant breeding
• Ph.D. in plant breeding

Academic Interests

• Wheat breeding and genetics

Academic Responsibilities

• PS787 - Advanced Plant Breeding (Spring odd year)

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• National Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee
• USWBSI-HWW-CP (Chair)
• National Wheat Improvement Committee
• SDSU Variety Release Committee

Professional Memberships

• Crop Science Society of America
• Agronomy Society of America
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Coordinating committee member International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) (2009-2014)

Extension Responsibilities

No assigned responsibilities, but I make presentations in more than six field days on producer farms and SDSU research stations across the state educating the growers about the winter wheat varieties available and their characteristics.

Awards and Honors

• 2023, 'F.O. Butler Award Excellence in Research' at South Dakota State University, Brookings.
• 2023, ‘AHPS Excellence in Research award in the SDSU AHPS department, Brookings.
• 2023, 'Best of Show’ Millers award (2022) for best quality wheat varieties, Wheat Quality Council (WQC), Kansas City, Kansas.
• 2022, ‘AHPS Excellence in Research award in the SDSU AHPS department, Brookings.
• 2022, 'Best of Show’ Millers award (2021) for best quality wheat varieties, Wheat Quality Council (WQC), Kansas City, Missouri.
• 2010, "Early Career Speaker Award", International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium.
• 2010, “K-State Make A Difference Award” for undergraduate mentoring, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas.
• 2004, "University Randhawa Gold Medal" for the best essay on Second Green Revolution, Punjab Agricultural University, India. 
• 2003, University Merit Scholarship (Ph.D. program), Punjab Agricultural University, India. 

Grants

• Developing high yielding winter wheat varieties with excellent end-use quality for South Dakota. South Dakota Wheat Commission, 2023 to 2024.
• Accelerated breeding for disease and insect pest resistance in winter wheat. South Dakota Wheat Commission, 2023 to 2024.
• Winter Wheat Breeding for Scab Resistance in South Dakota. USDA-USWBSI, 2022-2025.
• WheatCAP: WheatCAP: Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding: “Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies to accelerate wheat improvement. 2022-2026.
• Breeding for improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in South Dakota winter wheat under regenerative agriculture management. SD NREC, 2022-2024.

Patents

• Plant Variety Protection (PVP) 
• 'Oahe' 2019
• 'Thompson' 2019
• 'Winner' 2021
• 'Draper' 2021
• 'SD Andes' 2022
• 'SD Midland' 2023
• SD Pheasant Pending

Work Experience

• Associate professor and winter wheat breeder, South Dakota State University
• 2014-2020, assistant professor and winter wheat breeder, South Dakota State University
• July 2013 - September 2014, senior scientist, Kansas State University
• November 2006 - June 2013, research associate, Kansas State University

Areas of Research

• Genetically Enhancing the Hard Winter Wheat productivity (both quantity and quality) and value addition.
• Develop and release new superior winter wheat varieties with high yield stability, durable disease resistance and improved end-use quality for South Dakota and Northern Great Plains.
• Identify and genetically characterize germplasm with yield potential and quality traits, resistance to diseases and insect pests, drought, heat and winter hardiness and utilize them to enhance the productivity and resistance levels in winter wheat germplasm, thus leading to the development of improved varieties.

Publications

Winter Wheat Varieties Released:

1. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘Oahe’ was released by SDAES (8/2016). Oahe offers a combination of high yield with good test weight and moderate resistance to stripe rust, leaf rust, wheat streak mosaic virus, and Fusarium head blight.
2. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘Thompson’ was released by SDAES (11/2017). Thompson is a high yielding taller semi-dwarf HRW variety adapted to central South Dakota with moderate resistance to leaf rust and stem rust and acceptable milling quality.
3. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘Winner’ was released by SDAES (9/2019). Winner is semi-dwarf variety with unusually broad adaptation to the eastern half of the Northern Great Plains. Winner has medium height and medium maturity with higher yield potential, good baking quality, and moderate resistance to stem rust.
4. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘Draper’ was released by SDAES (12/2019). Draper is a semi-dwarf variety with good straw strength and a limited target region, specifically western South Dakota. Draper has improved yield potential with average test weight, grain protein, and acceptable milling and baking quality. It is resistant to soilborne mosaic virus.
5. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘SD ANDES’ (12/2020). SD Andes is a semi-dwarf variety with late maturity. It has excellent straw strength, winter hardiness. SD Andes has good resistance to stripe rust and average tolerance to FHB. SD Andes has improved yield potential with average test weight, grain protein, and acceptable milling and baking quality. It is best adapted to eastern South Dakota and the neighboring region.
6. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘SD MIDLAND’ (12/2021). SD Midland is a semi-dwarf variety with medium-tall in height and late in maturity. It is high-yielding with average protein and test weight and excellent milling and baking quality. SD Midland is moderately resistant to stripe rust and yields well in lower rainfall areas. It is a bronze chaff winter wheat and would be a good replacement for later maturing varieties like Redfield.
7. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat cultivar ‘SD Pheasant’ released in Fall 2023. SD Pheasant is a high-yielding line with good test weight and grain protein content. SD Pheasant is resistant to leaf rust and moderately resistant to stem rust, hessian fly and moderately tolerant to stripe rust, FHB and Bacterial Leaf Streak. Along with excellent grain yield potential, SD Pheasant has good milling characteristics and excellent baking characteristics. It was awarded millers choice ‘Best of Show’ award in 2023 for excellent milling and baking characteristics.

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Chao M., Tian X., Dong Z., Li H., Chen X., Liu W., Yin G., Ma S., Zhang L., Cao A., Liu C., Yan H., Sehgal S., Zhang Z., Liu B., Wang S., Liu Q., Zhao Y., (2024) An Aegilops longissima NLR protein with integrated CC-BED module mediates resistance to wheat powdery mildew. Nature Communications 15:8281
2. Saini, D.K.$, Rana, A., Halder, J., Gill, H.S., Maruf Billah, M., Zhang, J., Thapa, S., Ali, S., Turnipseed, B., Glover, K., Maimaitijiang, M., Sehgal, S.K.*, (2024)  Rapid estimation of DON content in wheat flour using close-range hyperspectral imaging and machine learning. The Plant Phenome Journal7 (1), e70001
3. Singh, J., Gudi, S., Maughan, P. J., Liu, Z., Kolmer, J., Wang, M., Chen, X., Rouse, M., Lasserre-Zuber, P. and Rimbert, H. Sehgal, S., Fiedler, J., Choulet, F., Acevado, M., Gupta, R., Gill, U., (2024) Genomes of Aegilops umbellulata provide new insights into unique structural variations and genetic diversity in the U-genome for wheat improvement. Plant Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14470
4. Kumar, P.$, Gill, H.S., Singh, M., Koupal, D., Kaur, K., Bernardo, A., St. Amand, P., Bai, G., Talukder, S., Sehgal, S.K.* (2024)  Characterization of flag leaf morphology identifies a novel major genomic region for flag leaf angle in winter wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 137:205
5. Kaushal, S.$, Gill, H. S., Billah, M. M., Khan, S. N., Halder, J., Bernardo, A., Amand, P. S., Bai, G., Glover, K., Maimaitijiang, M., & Sehgal, S. K.* (2024) Enhancing the potential of phenomic and genomic prediction in winter wheat breeding using high-throughput phenotyping and deep learning. Front Plant Sci, 15, 1410249.
6. Li, H., Men, W., Ma, C., Liu, Q., Dong, Z., Tian, X., Wang, C., Liu, C., Gill, H.S., Ma, P. Zhang, Z., Liu, B., Zhao, Y.*, Sehgal, S.K.*, Liu, W.* (2024) Wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm13 encodes a mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2449.
7. Thapa, S.$, Gill, H.S., Halder, J., Rana, A., Ali, S., Maimaitijiang, M., Gill, U., Bernardo, A., St. Amand, P., & Bai, G.  Sehgal, S.K.* (2024) Integrating genomics, phenomics, and deep learning improves the predictive ability for Fusarium head blight–related traits in winter wheat. The Plant Genome, e20470.
8. Zhao, Y., Dong, Z., Miao, J., Liu, Q., Ma, C., Tian, X., He, J., Bi, H., Yao, W. and Li, T., Gill, H., Zhang, Z., Cao, A., Liu, B., Li, H.*, Sehgal, S.K.* and Liu, W.* (2024) Pm57 from Aegilops searsii encodes a tandem kinase protein and confers wheat powdery mildew resistance. Nature Communications, 15(1), 4796. 
9. Gill, H.S., Brar, N., Halder, J., Hall, C., Seabourn, B.W., Chen, Y.R., St. Amand, P., Bernardo, A., Bai, G., Glover, K. and Turnipseed, B. and Sehgal, S.K.*(, 2023) Multi‐trait genomic selection improves the prediction accuracy of end‐use quality traits in hard winter wheat. The Plant Genome, p.e20331. DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20331.
10. Kaur, S., Gill, H.S., Breiland, M., Kolmer, J.A., Gupta, R., Sehgal, S.K.*, and Gill, U., (2023) Identification of leaf rust resistance loci in a geographically diverse panel of wheat using genome-wide association analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1090163.
11. Ma, C., Qian, J., Feng, Y., Sehgal, S.K., Zhao, Y., Chen, Q., Li, H. and Liu, W., (2023) Genetic Mapping of a Novel Gene PmAege7M from Aegilops geniculata Conferring Resistance to Wheat Powdery Mildew. Plant Disease, https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-23-0764-RE
12. Lopez, S.R., Wiersma, A.T., Strauss, N.M., Watkins, T., Baik, B.K., Zhang, G., Sehgal, S.K., Kolb, F.L., Poland, J.A., Mason, R.E. and Carter, A.H., (2023) Description of U6719‐004 wheat germplasm with YrAS2388R stripe rust resistance introgression from Aegilops tauschii. Journal of Plant Registrations, 17(1), pp.26-33
13. Liu, Z., Li, Y., Bernardo, A., Amand, P.S., Zhang, P., Sehgal, S. and Bai, G., 2023. Development of diagnostic SNP markers for identification of rye 1RS translocations in wheat. Crop Science, 63(1), pp.255-265
14. Halder, J., Gill, H.S., Zhang, J., Altameemi, R., Olson, E., Turnipseed, B. and Sehgal, S.K.* (20230 Genome‐wide association analysis of spike and kernel traits in the US hard winter wheat. The Plant Genome, 16(1), p.e20300. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20300
15. Gill, H.S., Halder, J., Zhang, J., Rana, A., Kleinjan, J., Amand, P.S., Bernardo, A., Bai, G. and Sehgal, S.K.,* (2022) Whole-genome analysis of hard winter wheat germplasm identifies genomic regions associated with spike and kernel traits. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135(9), pp.2953-2967.
16. Zhang, J., Gill, H.S., Halder, J., Brar, N.K., Ali, S., Bernardo, A., Amand, P.S., Bai, G., Turnipseed, B. and Sehgal, S.K.,* (2022) Multi-locus genome-wide association studies to characterize Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in hard winter wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 946700.
17. Lin, G., Chen, H., Tian, B., Sehgal, S.K., Singh, L., Xie, J., Rawat, N., Juliana, P., Singh, N., Shrestha, S. and Wilson, D.L. (2022) Cloning of the broadly effective wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr42 transferred from Aegilops tauschii. Nature Communications, 13(1), pp.1-12.
18. He F., Wang W., Rutter W.B., Jordan K.W., Ren J., Taagen E., DeWitt N., Sehgal D., Sukumaran S., Dreisigacker S., Reynolds M., Halder J., Sehgal S.K., Liu S., Akhunov E. (2022). Genomic variants affecting homoeologous gene expression dosage contribute to agronomic trait variation in allopolyploid wheat. Nature Communications 13, 826
19. Zhang, J., Gill, H.S., Brar, N.K., Halder, J., Ali, S., Liu, X., Bernardo, A., Amand, P.S., Bai, G., Gill, U.S. and Turnipseed, B. Sehgal, S.K.*, 2022. Genomic prediction of Fusarium head blight resistance in early stages using advanced breeding lines in hard winter wheat. The Crop Journal 10:1675-104
20. Liu, Z., Li, Y., Bernardo, A., Amand, P.S., Zhang, P., Sehgal, S., Bai, G., (2022). Development of diagnostic SNP markers for identification of rye 1RS translocations in wheat translocations in wheat. Crop Science (Early view). DOI:10.1002/csc2.20841
21. Men, W., Fan, Z., Ma, C., Zhao, Y., Wang, C., Tian, X., Chen, Q., Miao, J., He, J., Qian, J. and Sehgal, S.K. Li, H, Liu .W.  (2022) Mapping of the novel powdery mildew resistance gene Pm2Mb from Aegilops biuncialis based on ph1b-induced homoeologous recombination. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135:2993-3003.
22. Tian, X., Chen, Q., Ma, C., Men, W., Liu, Q., Zhao, Y., Qian, J., Fan, Z., Miao, J., He, J., Sehgal, S.K., Li, H, Liu .W. (2022) Development and characterization of Triticum aestivum-Aegilops longissima 6Sl recombinants harboring a novel powdery mildew resistance gene Pm6Sl. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:918508.
23. Lopez S., Wiersma A., Strauss N., Watkins T., Baik B., Zhang G., Sehgal S., Kolb F.L., Poland J., Mason E., Carter A.H., Olson E. (2022) Description of U6719-004 wheat germplasm with YrAS2388R stripe rust resistance introgression from Aegilops tauschii. Journal of Plant Registrations 2022;1–8
24. Gill, H.S., Halder, J., Zhang., J, Brar, N., Rai, T.S., Hall, C., Bernardo, A., St Amand, P., Bai, G., Olson, E., Ali, S., Turnipseed, B., Sehgal, S.K.,* (2021) Multi-trait multi-environment genomic prediction of agronomic traits in advanced breeding lines of winter wheat. Front. Plant Sci., 18 August 2021 | DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.709545
25. Altameemi, R., Gill, H.S., Ali, S.... Sehgal (2021) Genome-wide association analysis permits characterization of Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) resistance in hard winter wheat. Scientific Reports 11, 12570 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91515-6
26. Li H., X. Tian, S. Pei, W. Men, C. Ma, S.K. Sehgal, Y. Zhao, Q. Chen, B. Wang, et al (2021) Development of Novel Wheat-Aegilops longissima 3Sl Translocations Conferring Powdery Mildew Resistance and Specific Molecular Markers for Chromosome 3Sl Plant Disease
27. Liu S., Wang D., Lin M., Sehgal S.K., Dong L., Wu Y., Bai G. (2020) Artificial selection in breeding extensively enriched a functional allelic variation in TaPHS1 for pre-harvest sprouting resistance in wheat. Theor Appl Genet (in press)
28. Sidhu J.S., Singh D., Gill H.S., Brar N.K., Qiu Y., Halder J., Al Tameemi R., Turnipseed B., Sehgal S.K.* (2020) Genome-wide association study uncovers novel genomic regions associated with coleoptile length in hard winter wheat. Front. Genet. 10:1345
29. Latif S.,Wang L., Khan J., Ali Z., Sehgal S.K., Babar M.A., Wang J., Quraishi U.M. (2020) Deciphering the role of Stay-Green Trait to mitigate terminal heat stress in Bread Wheat. Agronomy 10(7): 1001
30. Kaur N., Sehgal S.K., Glover D., Byamukama E., Ali S. (2020) Impact of Fusarium graminearum on seed germination and seedling blight in hard red spring cultivars in South Dakota. Journal of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 11:495
31. Liu W., Li H., Dong Z., Ma C., Xia Q., Tian X., Sehgal S., Friebe B., Ma P. (2020) A spontaneous wheat-Aegilops longissima translocation carrying Pm66 confers resistance to powdery mildew. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133(4):1149-1159
32. Dong Z., X., Ma C., Xia Q., Wang B., Chen Q., Sehgal S.K., Friebe B., Li H. and Liu W. (2020) Towards Physical Mapping of Pm57, a Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene Derived from Aegilops searsii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(1), 322; DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010322.
33. Halder J., Zhang J., Ali S., Sidhu J.S., Gill H.S., Talukdar S., Kleinjan J., Turnipseed B., Sehgal S.K.* (2019) Mining and genomic characterization of resistance to tan spot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB), and Fusarium head blight in Watkins core collection of wheat landraces. BMC Plant Biology 19:480
34. Ramakrishnan S.M., Sidhu J.S., Ali S., Kaur N., Wu J., Sehgal S.K.* (2019) Molecular characterization of bacterial leaf streak resistance in hard winter wheat. PeerJ 7:e7276
35. Gill H.S., Li C., Sidhu J.S., Liu W., Wilson D., Bai G., Gill B.S., Sehgal S.K.* (2019) Fine mapping of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene.  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20:2445; DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102445.
36. Sidhu J.S., Ramakrishnan S.M., Ali S., Bernardo A., Bai G., Abdullah S., Ayana G., Sehgal S.K.*. (2019) Assessing the genetic diversity and characterizing genomic regions conferring tan spot resistance in cultivated rye. PLOS One 14: e0214519.
37. Djanaguiraman M., Prasad P.V.V., Kumari J., Sehgal S.K., Friebe B., Djalovic I., Chen Y., Siddique K.H.M., Gill B.S. (2019) Alien chromosome segment from Aegilops speltoides and Dasypyrum villosum increases drought tolerance in wheat via profuse and deep root system. BMC Plant Biology 19:242.
38. Singh N., Wu S., Raupp J., Sehgal S., Arora S., Tiwari V., Vikram P., Singh S., Chhuneja P., Gill B.S., Poland J. (2019) Efficient curation of genebanks using next generation sequencing reveals substantial duplication of germplasm accessions. Scientific Reports 9: 650.
39. Singh N., Wu S., Tiwari V., Sehgal S., Raupp J., Wilson D., Abbasov M., Gill B.S., Poland J. (2019) Genomic analysis confirms population structure and identifies inter-lineage hybrids in Aegilops tauschii. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:9.
40. Kumar S., Sieverding H., Lai L., Thandiwe N., Wienhold B., Redfearn D., Archer D., Ussiri D., Faust D., Landblom D., Grings E., Stone J.J., Jacquet J., Pokharel K., Liebig M., Schmer M., Sexton P., Mitchell R., Smalley S., Osborne S., Ali S., Şentürklü S., Sehgal S., Owens V., Jin V. (2019) Facilitating crop-livestock reintegration in the Northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal 111:1–16 (Peer-reviewed review article)
41. Appels R., Eversole K., Feuille, C., Keller B., Rogers J., Stein N., Pozniak C.J., Choulet F., Distelfeld A., Poland J., Ronen G., Sharpe A.G., Pozniak C., Barad O., Baruch K., Keeble-Gagnère G., Mascher M., Ben-Zvi G., Josselin A-A, Himmelbach A., Balfourier F., Gutierrez-Gonzalez J., Hayden M., Koh C., Muehlbauer G., Pasam R.K., Paux E., Rigault P., Tibbits J., Tiwari V., Spannagl M., Lang D., Gundlach H., Haberer G., Mayer KFX, Ormanbekova D., Prade V., Šimková H., Wicker T., Swarbreck D., Rimbert H., Felder M., Guilhot N., Kaithakottil G., Keilwagen J., Leroy P., Lux T., Twardziok S., Venturini L., Juhász A., Abrouk M., Fischer I., Uauy C., Borrill P., Ramirez-Gonzalez R.H., Arnaud D., Chalabi S., Chalhoub B., Cory A., Datla R., Davey M.W., Jacobs J., Robinson S.J., Steuernagel B., van Ex F., Wulff BBH, Benhamed M., Bendahmane A., Concia L., Latrasse D., Alaux M., Bartoš J., Bellec A., Berges H., Doležel J., Frenkel Z., Gill B., Korol A., Letellier T., Olsen O-A, Singh K., Valárik M., van der Vossen E., Vautrin S., Weining S., Fahima T., Glikson V., Raats D., Číhalíková J., Toegelová H., Vrána J., Sourdille P., Darrier B., Barabaschi D., Cattivelli L., Hernandez P., Galvez S., Budak H., Jones JDG, Witek K., Yu G., Small I., Melonek J., Zhou R., Belova T., Kanyuka K., King R., Nilsen K., Walkowiak S., Cuthbert R., Knox R., Wiebe K., Xiang D., Rohde A., Golds T., Čížková J., Akpinar B.A., Biyiklioglu S., Gao L., N’Daiye A., Kubaláková M., Šafář J., Alfama F., Adam-Blondon A-F, Flores R., Guerche C., Loaec M., Quesneville H., Condie J., Ens J., Maclachlan R., Tan Y., Alberti A., Aury J-M, Barbe V., Couloux A., Cruaud C., Labadie K., Mangenot S., Wincker P., Kaur G., Luo M., Sehgal S., Chhuneja P., Gupta O.P., Jindal S., Kaur P., Malik P., Sharma P., Yadav B., Singh N.K., Khurana J., Chaudhary C., Khurana P., Kumar V., Mahato A., Mathur S., Sevanthi A., Sharma N., Tomar R.S., Holušová K., Plíhal O., Clark M.D., Heavens D., Kettleborough G., Wright J., Balcárková B., Hu Y., Salina E., Ravin N., Skryabin K., Beletsky A., Kadnikov V., Mardanov A., Nesterov M., Rakitin A., Sergeeva E., Handa H., Kanamori H., Katagiri S., Kobayashi F., Nasuda S., Tanaka T., Wu J., Cattonaro F., Jiumeng M., Kugler K., Pfeifer M., Sandve S., Xun X., Zhan B., Batley J., Bayer P.E., Edwards D., Hayashi S., Tulpová Z., Visendi P., Cui L., Du X., Feng K., Nie X., Tong W., Wang L. (2018) Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome. Science. 361:eaar7191.
42. Ayana G.T., Ali S., Sidhu J.S., Gonzalez Hernandez J.L., Turnipseed B., Sehgal S.K.* (2018) Genome-wide association study for spot blotch resistance in hard winter wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:926.
43. Wiersma A.T., Whetten R.B., Zhang G., Sehgal S.K., Kolb F.L., Poland J.A., Mason R.E., Carter A.H., Cowger C., Olson E.L. (2018) Registration of two wheat germplasm lines fixed for Pm58. Journal of Plant Registrations 12: 270-273.
44. Abdullah S., Sehgal S.K., Glover K., Ali S. (2017) Reaction of global collection of rye (Secale cereale L.) to tan spot and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis races in South Dakota. The Plant Pathology Journal 33: 229-237.
45. Abdullah S., Sehgal S.K., Ali S. (2017) Race diversity of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in South Dakota and response of predominant wheat cultivars to tan spot. Journal of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 8: 409.
46. Abdullah S., Sehgal S.K.*, Yu J., Turnipseed B., Ali S.* (2017) Insight into tan spot and stem rust resistance and susceptibility by studying the pre-green revolution global collection of wheat. The Plant Pathology Journal 33:125-132.
47. Abdullah S., Sehgal S.K., Ali S., Liatukas Ž., Ittu M., Kaur N. (2017) Characterization of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (tan spot of wheat) races in Baltic States and Romania. The Plant Pathology Journal: 33(2): 133–139.
48. Gong W., Gong W., Han R., Li G., Sehgal S.K., Li H., Liu H., Song J., Song G., Liu C., Liu J. (2016) Chromosome arm-specific markers from Aegilops searsii permits targeted introgression. Biologia 71:87-92.
49. Wiersma A.T., Brown L.K., Brisco E.I., Liu T.L., Childs K.L., Poland J.A., Sehgal S.K., Olson E.L. (2016) Fine mapping of the stem rust resistance gene SrTA10187. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 128: 2369-2378.
50. Davis M.A., Bockus W., Zhang G., Fritz A.K., Baenziger P.S., Marais G.F., Sehgal S.K. (2016) Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB). Plant Disease Management Reports Vol 11:CF037.
51. Chapman J.A., Mascher M., Buluç A.N., Barry K., Georganas E., Session A., Strnadova V., Jenkins J., Sehgal S., Oliker L., Schmutz J., Yelick K.A., Scholz U., Waugh R., Poland J.A., Muehlbauer G.J., Stein N., Rokhsar D.S. (2015) A whole-genome shotgun approach for assembling and anchoring the hexaploid bread wheat genome. Genome Biology 16:26.
52. Bockus W., Zhang G., Fritz A.K., Davis M.A., Baenziger P.S., Marais G.F., Sehgal S.K. (2015) Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB). Plant Disease Management Reports Vol. 10: CF043.
53. Liu S., Sehgal S.K., Lin M., Li J., Trick H., Gill B.S., Bai G. (2015) Independent mis-splicing mutations in TaPHS1 causing loss of pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) resistance during wheat domestication. New Phytologist 208:928-35.
54. Chhuneja P., Yadav B., Stirnweis D., Hurni S., Kaur S., Elkot A.F., Keller B., Wicker T., Sehgal S.K., Gill B.S., Singh K.S. (2015) Fine mapping of a new powdery mildew resistance gene PmTb7A and a new allele of Pm1Tb in Triticum boeoticum and identification of STS markers suited for MAS using the survey sequence data of chromosome 7AL. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 128:2099-2111.
55. Cainong J.C., Bockus W.W., Feng Y., Chen P., Qi L., Sehgal S.K., Danilova T.V., Koo D., Friebe B., Gill B.S. (2015) Chromosome engineering, mapping and transfer of native grass resistance to Fusarium Head Blight disease into wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 128:1019-1027.
56. Koo D-H, Sehgal S.K., Friebe B., Gill B.S. (2015) Structure and stability of telocentric chromosomes in wheat. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0137747.
57. Jugulam M., Niehues K., Godar A.S., Koo D.H., Danilova T.V., Friebe B.R., Sehgal S.K., Varanasi V., Wiersma A., Westra P., Stahlman P., Gill B.S. (2014) Tandem amplification of a chromosomal segment harboring EPSPS locus confers glyphosate resistance in Kochia scoparia. Plant Physiology 166: 1200-1207.
58. Tiwari V.K., Wang S., Sehgal S., Vrána J., Friebe B., Kubaláková M., Chhuneja P., Doležel J., Akhunov E., Kalia B., Sabir J., Gill B.S. (2014) SNP discovery and mapping alien introgressions in wheat. BMC Genomics 15: 274.
59. Gawroński P., Ariyadasa R., Poursarebani N., Himmelbach A., Kilian B., Stein N., Steuernagel B., Hensel G., Kumlehn J., Sehgal S.K., Gill B.S., Gould P., Hall A., Schnurbusch T. (2014) A distorted circadian clock causes early flowering and temperature-dependent variation in spike development in the eps-3am mutant of einkorn wheat. Genetics 196:1253-1261.
60. Liu S., Sehgal S.K., Li J., Lin M., Trick H., Yu J., Gill B.S., Bai G. (2013) Cloning and characterization of a critical regulator for pre-harvest sprouting in wheat. Genetics 195:263-273.
61. Luo M-C, Gu Y., You F.M., Deal K.D., Ma Y., Hu Y., Huo N., Wang Y., Wang J., Chen S., Jorgensen C.M., McGuire P.E., Stein J., Ware D., McCombie R., Kianian S.F., Martis M.M., Mayer K., Sehgal S.K., Gill B.S., Bevan M., Dolezel J., Anderson O.D., Dvorak J. (2013) Physical map and gene space sequence of Aegilops tauschii, the source of wheat D genome, provide insights into the evolution of grass genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 7940-7945.
62. Akhunov E.*, Sehgal S.*, Liang H., Wang S., Akhunova A., Kaur G., Li W., Forrest K.L., See D., Simkova H., Hayden M., Luo M-C, Farris J., Dolezel J., Gill B.S. (2013) Comparative analysis of orthologous genes in grass genomes reveals the accelerated rates of alternative splicing and coding sequence evolution in polyploid wheat. Plant Physiology 161:252–265.
63. Brenchley R., Spannagl M., Pfeifer M., Barker GLA, D’Amore R., Allen A.M., McKenzie N., Kramer K., Kerhornou A., Bolser D., Kay S., Waite D., Trick M., Bancroft I., Gu Y., Huo N., Luo M-C, Sehgal S., Gill B., Kianian K., Anderson O., Kersey P., Dvorak J., McCombie W.R., Hall A., Mayer KFX, Edwards K.J., Bevan M.W., Hall N. (2012) Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing. Nature 491:705-710.
64. Sehgal S.K., Li W., Rabinowicz P.D., Chan A., Šimková H., Doležel J., Gill B.S. (2012) Chromosome arm-specific BAC end sequences permit comparative analysis of homoeologous chromosomes and genome of polyploid wheat. BMC Plant Biology 12:64.
65. Rawat N., Sehgal S.K., Joshi A., Rothe N., Wilson D.L., McGraw N., Vadlani P.V., Li W., Gill B.S. (2012) A diploid wheat TILLING resource for wheat functional genomics. BMC Plant Biology 12:205.
66. Kumar S., Sehgal S.K., Joshi A.K., Kumar U., Prasad PVV and Gill B.S. (2012) Genomic characterization of drought tolerance related traits in spring wheat. Euphytica 158:265-76.
67. Liu W.*, Thummasuwan S.*, Sehgal S.K., Chouvarine P., Peterson D.G. (2011) Characterization of the genome of bald cypress. BMC Genomics 12:553.
68. Sehgal S.K., Gupta S., Kaur S., Sharma A., Bains N.S. (2011) A direct hybridization approach for gene transfer from Aegilops tauschii Coss. to Triticum aestivum L. Plant Breeding 130:98-100.
69. Gupta S., Kaur S., Sehgal S., Sharma A., Chhuneja P., Bains N.S. (2010) Genotypic variation for cellular thermotolerance in Aegilops tauschii Coss., the D genome progenitor of wheat. Euphytica 175: 373-381.
70. Liu C.*, Li G-R*, Sehgal S.K., Jia J-Q, Yang Z-J, Friebe B., Gill B. (2010) Genomic divergence in the genus Dasypyrum: evidence from molecular phylogenetic analysis and in situ hybridization. Plant Systematics and Evolution 288:149–156.
71. Sharma S., Sreenivasulu N., Harshavardhan V.T., Seiler C., Sharma S., Khalil Z.N., Akhunov E., Sehgal S.K., Röder M.S. (2010) Delineating the structural, functional and evolutionary relationships of sucrose phosphate synthase gene family II in wheat and related grasses. BMC Plant Biology 10:134.
72. Sehgal S.K., Kaur G., Sharma I., Bains N.S. (2008) Development and molecular marker analysis of Karnal bunt resistant near isogenic lines in bread wheat variety PBW 343. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 68: 21-25.
73. Singh S., Sharma I., Sehgal S.K., Bains N.S., Guo Z., Nelson J., Bowden R. (2007) Molecular mapping of QTLs for Karnal bunt resistance in two recombinant inbred populations of bread wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116: 147-154.
74. Sharma I., Bains N.S., Sirari A., Sangha K.S., Sehgal S.K., Bodhraj (2007) Genetics of leaf and stripe rust resistance in a multiple disease resistant stock of bread wheat. Journal of Crop Improvement 34:8-11.
75. Sehgal S.K. (2006) Studies on incorporation of Karnal bunt resistance and productivity traits from Aegilops tauschii Coss. into wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Punjab Agricultural University, India. Doctoral Dissertation
76. Sehgal S.K., Kaur G., Gupta M.L. (2004) Induction of androgenesis and plant regeneration in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Coss.) Journal of Plant Science and Research 20: 125-27.
77. Sehgal S.K. (2001) Haploid induction using anther and microspore culture in oilseed Brassicas. Punjab Agricultural University, India. Master’s Dissertation
78. Sharma S., Bajaj R.K., Kaur N., Sehgal S.K. (2003) Combining ability studies in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Journal of Crop Improvement 30: 69-73.